Tassel



April 22, 1941. c, F L 2,239,356

TASSEL Filed Iay- 8. 1939 INVENIDR. far/men We/fi A TTORNEYS.

Patented Apr. 22, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 'rnsssn Carmen S. Felch, Providence, -I.,-assigncr to l Ern'est'E. Weller, Providence, R; 1.

Application NIa-yS 1939; serial Noi 272,327

3 Claims tassel, the tuft material of which will be formedmay be overlapping of one part with another in such an arrangement that the parts will lie smoothly and evenly without buckling or protruding out from the general body of the tassel.

Another object of the invention is to provide a tassel of hollow formation and of such a character that it will maintain itself in a definite formation with the material so arranged that it will be attractively displayed. Another object of the invention is economy of tuft material by reason of the shaping of the pieces so that minimum waste of material will occur.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. l is an elevation of the tassel in completed form.

Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the tassel.

Fig. 3 is a central sectional view of the tassel.

Figs. 4 and 5 are perspective views of two parts of the tuft material.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view of a tassel having a modified form of cap for holding the tuft material in position.

A tassel of the general character which is here illustrated is shown in patent to Weller 2,107,459 dated Feb. 8, 1938. This patented tassel has a tuft material of all one piece of fabric. Such a tassel requires a comparatively large portion from which to cut the required star formation and when such single piece of material is bent down into place frequently there occurs a buckling at the cut edges causing the material to protrude outwardly to detract from the appearance of the tassel. In order to overcome these undesirable effects, I have formed a tassel of a. plurality of pieces of material, that illustrated being two'pi'eces which I have disposed in a crossing relation allowing of smaller pieces of materlai to-beut-iliz'ed; also permitting of overlapping at the edges without a buckling and distorting of F the-shape of the tassel and I further permit of a tassel-beingformed of two different colors or two tones of one color whereby a greater variety of tasselsmay be provided, and thefollowing is a-fmoredetailed description of the 7 present embodiment ofthis invention, illustratmg the preferred means by which; these advantageous results maybe accomplished:

With reference to the drawing: l9 designates one piece of tufted material and II another piece of tufted material. This material may be leather or some sheet like substances capable of having the desired formation. These pieces are provided with oppositely extending petal like formations l2 and I3, joined together by a neck portion l4 which is provided with an opening [5. The piece i0 is here shown as of a difierent color material than the piece II so that a contrast in the appearance of the petals of the two pieces may be provided. This contrast may be either different colors, different shades of the same color, or different finishes of one materialthan the other; for instance, an embossing of the, material'of one and a plain piece of material on the other will serve to provide this contrasting appearance.

When the tufted material is thus provided it is assembled by placing the piece It and the piece II at right angles with the opening l5 registering and is then forced into a cap IS.

The cap l6 has a top wall I1 and a neck IS. The top wall I! is curved downwardly and inwardly as at IS in the form shown in Figs. 1 and 3, while in the form shown in Fig. 6 the wall is curved downwardly alone as at 20 rather than downwardly and inwardly as above described.

This cap receives the two pieces H! and II when the crossing neclc portions [4 of the right angularly disposed pieces are forced into the walls of the cap I5 causing their petal like formations l2 and I3 to be bent downwardly as illustrated in Figs. 1, 3. and 6 to be disposed at a small angle to the axis of the tassel that is less than 22 degrees or in other words nearly parallel with the central longitudinal axis of the cap; and in order that the tuft material thus formed may be secured in place, I pass a tubular 1 member 2| thru the openings l5 and into the opening (5 and forces these neck portions snugly against the under-surface of the top wall H. A tight friction fit serves to hold the tubular member in engagement with the inner surface of the neck 3 to complete the tassel.

In use, this tassel may be threaded upon a shoe-string or the like extending axially oi the tassel and a knot tied in the end of the string to fit up into the hollow formation of the tassel and there be concealed, or this tassel may be applied in various other ways to the ends of string-like members in a known manner.

The foregoing description is directed solely towards the construction illustrated, but I desire it to be understood that I reserve the privilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to which the device is susceptible, the invention being defined and limited only by the terms of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A tassel comprising a tuft formed of a plurality of elongated pieces of materialof a length substantially greater than their width angu'larly disposed and crossing each other, each with an opening to register with the opening of the companion piece of material, and a cap of cup shape into which the crossing portion of the pieces of material are positioned in generally a U bend of each piece'with portions engaging the surrounding side walls of said cap and causing the portions of material protrudingfrom the cap to be disposed downwardly nearly parallel with the central longitudinal axis of the cap.

2. A tassel comprising a tuft formed of two elongated pieces of material of a length substantially greater than their width angularly disposed and crossing each other at substantially right angles, each with an opening to register with the opening of the companion piece of material, and a cap of cup shape into which the crossing portion of the pieces of material are positioned in generally a U bend of each piece with portion-s engaging the surrounding side walls of said cap and causing the portions of material protruding from the cap to be disposed downwardly nearly parallel with the central longitudinal axis of the cap.

3. A tassel comprising a tuft formed of two elongated pieces of material of a length substantially greater than twice their width angularly disposed and crossing each other at substantially right angles, each with an opening to register with the opening of the companion piece of material, and a cap of cup shape into which the crossing portions of the pieces of material are positioned in generally a U bend of each piece with portions engaging the surrounding side walls of said cap and causing the portions of material protruding from the cap to be disposed downwardly nearly parallel with the central longitudinal axis of the cap, said cap having an opening registering with the opening in said pieces and a tubular member inserted in said opening and having a flange to bind the pieces between it and said cap.

CARMEN S. FELCH. 

